Thoughts and observations by English poet Roger N. Taber, a retired librarian & poet-novelist.- "Colour, creed, sex, sexuality... these are but part of a whole. It is the whole that counts." RNT [NB While I have no wish to create a social network, I will always reply to emails. Contact: rogertab@aol.com].

Sunday, 6 April 2014

A Short History of the Human Race

This year
marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1. While it
is only right that we should remember all those who fought and died for world
peace along with millions of unsung others caught up in the conflict one way or
another, we should perhaps reflect upon how various socio-cultural-religious
divides have caused conflicts through the ages, and continue to do so.

If wars
are all about winning the peace, remembering that has to be making sure peace prevails, surely? Or what has it
all been for, apart from killing innocent people, greasing the palms of arms
dealers, promoting political rhetoric and profiling humankind’s inhumanity
towards its own? [World leaders of all socio-cultural-religious persuasions,
please note.]

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About Me

A gay man. Born in Gillingham, Kent (UK) Dec. 21st 1945. Graduated with BA Hons.(Class 2/1) in English & American Literature, the University of Kent in Canterbury, summer 1973.

Some 700+ poems have appeared in poetry publications worldwide since 1993, excluding any that only appear in my collections.

Better known as a poet, my first novel - 'Blasphemy' was published in the USA, October 2006 ; it is Book 1 of a planned trilogy and was also distributed in the UK & the rest of Europe. Book 2 - 'Sacrilege' -was self-published and only on sale in the UK or on the Internet. [Book 3 - 'Redemption' - has been delayed due to illness. (I have prostate cancer.) Other novels have not yet found an agent/ publisher but are serialised on my fiction site.